Laura Mae Lindo MPP, Kitchener Centre

FACT CHECK: NDP Opposition “interest” in COVID-19

QUEEN’S PARK — Today, Ontario’s Minister of Long-term care Merilee Fullerton stated:“We’ve seen the lack of interest in COVID-19 from the Opposition when it first began.”

Yet, when the Official Opposition New Democrats repeatedly asked about COVID-19 readiness throughout February and March, Fullerton indicated that the NDP was raising the issue too often. “I’m a little disappointed that the NDP is trying to play politics,” she said on March 3.http://hansardindex.ontla.on.ca/hansardespeaker/42-1/l150-4_19.html

“This government’s habit of making stuff up and twisting the facts is exactly why we need an independent public inquiry, and not a government-controlled commission investigating long-term care,” said NDP Long Term Care Critic Teresa Armstrong.